The trick with Vista is to switch the computer / laptop on then go and make the coffee, have breakfast and come back to it, by which time it is ready to run!
Or only put it to sleep rather than shutdown.

What is her anti virus? That needs to run at start up. Spywareblaster is only a malware preventer, and although helpful I would have other scanners - Malawarebytes and Superantispyware which do not need to be on start menu. I do not bother with Defender.

Jollyjohn was trying to make a lighthearted point. Vista is the slowest loading system that I have ever used. Disabling start programs doesn't seem to make much of a difference but I would disable Defender which is anti-malware only in Vista and not very good at that.